2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 716

Relating to: considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 9

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 5

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
February 17, 2026	Senate	Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
January 26, 2026	Senate	Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
December 2, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
December 2, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Miresse, Joers, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Roe, McCarville, Bare, Arney, Kaufert, Neubauer and Stroud

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.